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FashioNXT is a fashion week in the most contemporary sense showcasing “what’s next in fashion”. At FashioNXT, extraordinary designers premier their next season’s collections on the runway. What’s next in fashion today is wearable technology and the innovative ways technology connects people to fashion. FashioNXT presents an innovative fashion experience here in Portland and the world takes notice

A graphic novel animated in real time with a live soundtrack. Directed by K.K. Barrett, featuring Kid Koala and the Afiara Quartet.

She’s a lonely office girl. He’s an out-of-work robot struggling to find his voice amidst the noise of the city. Little do they know that destiny has programmed them for the greatest love story of our time.

Nufonia Must Fall LIVE: Equal parts cinema, theater, and musical concert. Watch an amazing team of puppeteers bring the characters of Kid Koala’s graphic novel “Nufonia Must Fall” to life in miniature sets built to recreate each scene from the book. Under the direction of renowned production designer K.K. Barrett (“Her,” “Where the Wild Things Are,” “Adaptation,” “Being John Malkovich”), the performance is cinematically lit, filmed, and projected on a large screen. Kid Koala, accompanied by the Afiara String Quartet, performs his original score on piano and turntable. All of these components come together in real time thanks to a team of twelve talented performers and technicians.

Premium seats come with a post-show Kid Koala DJ Dance Party. The Kid Koala DJ Dance Party can be added to your ticket separately during the check-out process if not included in your ticket already.

Join us as the Hult Center transforms into a multi-story, multi-sensory, multi-disciplinary experience. (sub)Urban Projections: Ritual intersects dancers, performers, musicians and visual artists with developers and dreamers to push boundaries and discover new worlds of possibilities. Share space with the artists as they explore our rituals through creativity.

Produced by the City of Eugene Cultural Services in collaboration with Harmonic Laboratory and Eugene’s finest technology leaders.

AFRU Gallery is proud to announce its fifth annual “Byte Me!” showcase. The various exhibits use and need technology to convey their artistic message, that’s what the night is about. Many brilliant minds have graced Byte Me over the years, and this year is no exception. Many of the pieces are interactive and all of them are fun. Music will be provided by the DJ duo T.I.P.O.L. & Mister Serious. It’s free, it’s all ages, it’s family friendly. Kids love it. Even smart people scratch their heads sometimes.

Portland is poised to lead the next generation of Wearables & Fashion Tech?

Join us for an evening sponsored by FashionXT and The Startup Brand featuring industry leaders discussing Wearable technology and how Portland can lead based in this exciting new innovation..

Our regional expertise positions us with the skill and passion with industry leaders in:

Athletic-wear and Fashion

The industry is a robust world leader with companies like Nike, Adidas, Columbia, Under Armor, Sorel, Icebreaker, Nau, and many, many more, who deploys highly technical methods in their making. Our commitment to the craft of apparel is evident on the independent designers recognized in national competition time and time again like Project Runway. They represent a premier talent and resource pool with deep understanding of human psyche regarding what they put on their body.

Technology
There are two sides of the technology coin in Hardware and software and Portland has world leaders with manufacturers like Intel, FLIR, Planar and WaferTech and software innovators that represent incredible programming talent like Urban Airship, Jama Software, Elemental, Puppet Labs and so many more. For example, Urban Airship invented Push technology forms a key enabler of e-commerce, and Elemental being acquired by Amazon is a testament of the superiority its video decoding technology for e-commerce.

Medicine and Medical Research
OHSU is a world leader in Medical care and research. Cambia Health Solutions is one of the largest Venture funds on the west coast innovating health information, medical care and understanding our relationship to wellbeing and care. OHSU, bolstered by huge cash infusion, got major focus on wearable technology for medical use.

The next generation of wearables, e-retail and fashion-tech draws from the thought leadership and collaboration in these three sectors. But we can’t do it without learning and investigating the possibilities together.

Because of the aforementioned alignment, we believe no other city in the world is currently poised to lead in the burgeoning wearables, e-tail and fashion-tech. But it will take developing new connections, new paradigms and a much deeper understanding of possibility. We have to act with a sense of urgency; apparel, footwear, wellness and medical encompass markets valued at several trillion dollars.

To give you a perspective of the urgency and stake, just in last few months, Under Armour, a company of $4B in annual sales, invested $1B in wearable technology hardware and apps.

The panel consitutes of the world class entreprenuers and innovators who created cutting edge wearable and fashion-tech solutions with global collaborations:

The Portland Winter Light Festival, Presented by Portland General Electric, is the city’s newest demonstration of innovation and collaboration between art and science. Hosted by OMSI, the inaugural event will be outdoors centered along the east bank of the Willamette river. This free, all-ages event, features large-scale light sculptures, projections, performances, installations, and more. No tickets needed, just come and check it out February 3-6, 2016!

FashioNXT is a fashion week in the most contemporary sense showcasing “what’s next in fashion”. At FashioNXT, extraordinary designers premier their next season’s collections on the runway. What’s next in fashion today is wearable technology and the innovative ways technology connects people to fashion. FashioNXT presents an innovative fashion experience here in Portland and the world takes notice.

Includes a Wearable Technology Fashion Competition. The top three finalists will present on the runway on October 8th.

The Kaleidoscope VR Film Festival is a traveling showcase of the best in cinematic virtual reality. Come celebrate the pioneers of virtual reality filmmaking with an evening of artist presentations, VR demos, and engaging discussions.

Kaleidoscope has curated 20 of the most innovative VR films from around the world. These pioneering artists are inventing the language of cinematic virtual reality.